Dump-car.



PATENTED JAN. '7, 1908.

F. S. INGOLDSBY.

DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14, 1906.

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FRANK S. INGOLDSBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE INGOLIISBY AUTOMATIC CAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

DUMP-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patonted dan. 7, 1908 Application filed July 14, l90- Serial No. 269.579.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. I'xc'oL'osBr, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Im rove ment in Dump-Cars, of which the fol owing is a full, clear, and exact description, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and ellicient mechanism to receive the im act of dropping doors of ,dump cars and ho d the same at various inclinations as desired.

7 The invention is particularly applicable to dump cars of what are known as the Iugohlsby type, these cars having a central longitudinal beam and doors hinged at the opposite edges thereof and arranged to swing downward.

' In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section of a car of the Ingoldsby type having my bumping mechanism. Figs. 2 and 3 are details, being cross sections on the correspondingl numbered lines of Fig. 1.-

T e car has a central longitudinal beam A, to the lower edges of which are pivoted dumping doors B.- These doors are adapted to have their outer edges abut the sides C of 80 the car, Where the may be held by hooks D ivoted to the si es and engaging the proecting ends of floor beams E on the under side of the doors.

Secured to the under side of the central )5 beam A is avertical metal sheet F held in lace by bolts and angle flanges f and braces I leading diagonally in'opposite directions from near the lower edge to the sheet. The

sheet is reinforced at its lower. edge by angle =0 irons f on opposite sides thereof riveted thereto by common rivets.

The' late F 'carries bumpers which are adapted to receive the impact of the doors and hold them in desired position. There US are a plurality of these bumpers for each door, and thus a choice of positions is afforded. In the drawing, two bumpers G G are .shown for each door, and this is to be taken as illustrative of two or more bumpers, as

me. be found convenient.

' he bumplers G- G are pivoted on a common pivot and are shown as lying on opfcrcnt positions.

posito sides oi the sheet Fl When in use they are turned down substantially horizonea. tally; when not in use, they are swung back beneath the central beam and rest against suitable pins designated J Jf. In Fig. I the shorter bumper is shown us in use on the 7 right hand side of the car and the longer 60 bumper on the left hand side, the other bumpers being turned back to idle position, though of course in ordinary practice, similar l'HHIIPCIS are used iior both doors. I "he ends of the bumpers are shown as bent over at g to make a. suitable head. Carried on the under side of the door is a lcei spring Ii which is adapted to abut this head and relieve the force of the blow. This spring is so formed that the arc in which the end of the bumper swings upward recedes from the spring. This is so in order that, if the material clogs in disclmrging, by reason of lumps between the door and the side of the car, the same may be easily relieved by a workman stepping under t car and delivering a blow with a sledge-hammer on the bumper, knocking it upward,--thc upward movement of the bumper not having to raise the door.

- so To relieve the thrust of the bum ers and relieve the pins Il, I form on the umpers and limit the movement thereof.

In a dump car, the combination of a 9 dumping door, a variable rigid bumpin mechanism disconnected from the door an adapted to receive the under side of the door and hold the door in one of a number of dif-- 3. In a dump car, the combination of a dumping door, and a plurality of bumpers therefor, each adapted to support the door in a different position.

4. In a dump car, the combination of a 105 dumping door, and a. movable bumper "able bumping mechanism ca adoptedto be rigidly pieced to e g 'c beneoth said door it falls and re the impact oi it end support it.

5 in edump car. the combinetion 0i :1.

been, a. port depending therefrom, vori d by suoh support, and a door pivoted to said boom independently of the bumping mechanism, but eooperetin with such mechanism.

6. In a. comp car, the combination with :1 dumping door of a. pivoted bumper therefor. v

7. In a dump car, the coinlnnetion of e dumping door, and a. plurality of pivoted bumpers adapted to be moved into or out of the path of the door.

5 In a dump cer, the combination of a dumping door, and a plurality of bumpers eds ted to be mo ed into or out of the path .Of t a door, and a spring; carried by the door and adopted to engage either bumper.

9. In a. dump ear, the COHlblIlzLt-lOil of it beam, 2. door pivoted thereto, and o plurolity of pivoted bumpers siipported by the boom and adopted to receive the impact of the door.

10. in a dump car, the combination of a beam, at downwardly extended plate carried thereby, and a. bumper pivoted to said olote and. adopted to receive the impact 01 the door.

11. In a. dump car, the combination of a beam, it support curried thereby, e bumper pivoted to said support and adopted to re-- oeive the impact of the door, there being a shoulder on said bumper adopted to engage a member carried by said support.

12. In a dump car, the combination of a boom, a metal plate depending ti'lPIGfIOlIl, a reinforcing member riveted to said plate, a

. having e shoulder ode-piled reioiorcing member, end. co ere with such bumper. I e. hump car, the eoml'iinstion of e plurality of b'ompers oivoted on the some pivot, and a. dumping door ccl iiperotiog with either of Sen omnpers as desired.

14. in. a dump oer, combination, of e depending piste, bumpers pivoted on opposite sides thereof, reinforce-rs on opposite sides of the plate with which said bumpers may engage, and a. door coo ereting with either of said bumpers.

15. In s dump car, the combination of o dumping door carrying 3. spring on its underside and movobie bum ing iecheni m adapted to present a rigii. stop in Various positions to engage said spring.

16. In it dump can, the combination with a dumping door, of variable rigid bumping mechsnisn'i to receive the impact thereof.

17. In dump car, the combination of a dumping door and o plurality of bumpers carried independently of the door and adapt ed to support the door in different positions.

18..1 n it dump car, the combinstion of a dumping door and rigid variable mechanism adapted to support the some in difie'rent positions.

19. In e dump car, the combination of 3.- dumping door, and moons independent of the door for receiving its impact and supporting it in o. variety of definite ositions.

In testimony whereof, hereunto s'llix my signature in the resence of two witnesses.

F ANK 8. IN GOLDSBY.

Witnesses Josnrn i. BOWLING, Girl-is. H. MEYER. 

